George C Love

1925 - 2020  (94 years)

• Name	George C Love
  Born	29 Dec 1925	Elmont, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Nov 2020	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	28 Nov 2020	Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas
  Person ID	I11846	Rossville
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Charles James (Chuck) Love,   d. 21 Apr 1970
  Mother	Elizabeth Katherine (Lizzy) Nissen Love,   d. 11 Aug 1973
  Family ID	F2413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Wanda Peery Stubbs Love,   b. 22 Feb 1944, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas ,   d. 2 Mar 2019  (Age 75 years)
  Married	28 Jul 1973	Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2022 14:00:00
  Family ID	F8382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 28 Jul 1973 - Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Love, George George C. Love, 94, Rossville, formerly of Wetmore, died on Monday, November 23, 2020 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. George was born on December 29, 1925, in Elmont, Kansas just north of Topeka, the oldest son of Charles and Elizabeth Nissen Love. George’s family moved to Wetmore when he was four years old; he attended school at Wetmore and graduated from the 8th grade. As a young man he helped his father on the farm. He joined the U.S. Army on September 21, 1944, he stationed in Philippians, and was in the Asiatic Pacific campaign, earning a bronze star. He was discharge on November 29, 1946 from Fort Beale, in California at the rank of PFC. George was employed by E and R Construction in Wetmore for 22 years; he later worked for Wetmore School District as a janitor, until retirement. On July 28, 1973, he married Mary Wanda Peery Stubbs, at the Nemaha County Court House in Seneca. The couple resided in Rossville; they were married for 45 years before her death on March 2, 2019. George loved to play the spoons, the harmonica and karaoke. He enjoyed dancing, and did so whenever he got the chance. He often could be found visiting with friends at the local legion in Rossville or wherever he could strike up a conversation. He was gifted at repairing small engines. He belonged to the Levick-Barrett Post 282 of the Wetmore American Legion and the V.F.W., where he was a life time member. Besides his wife, Wanda, he was preceded in death by his parents, Chuck on April 21, 1970 and Elizabeth “Lizzy,” on August 11, 1973; his brother, Harold “Joe” Love on October 20, 2009; and his sister, Blanche Eisenbarth on January 10, 2014. He is survived by Anita Lamberson of Rossville; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Military graveside services will be on Saturday morning, November 28, 2020 at 10:30 A.M. at the Wetmore Cemetery in Wetmore.